Dortmund 2010

Grandmaster Sergey Shipov is providing live commentary at Crestbook on the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk-aan-Zee, and I’ll once again be taking on the foolhardy task of trying to translate his words almost immediately into English, here at Chess in Translation.

Fresh from his victory in Dortmund, ex-FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov gave an interview to GM Dmitry Komarov of the Ukrainian Fakty, where he talks about chess and music, the upcoming Olympiad, some of the secrets of his recent success, and a valuable preparation tip from Veselin Topalov.

Though the game in the penultimate round of the Dortmund tournament fizzled out in the end, it was memorable for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov’s rousing attack on Ruslan Ponomariov’s king, launched as early as the fifth move (!). Grandmaster Sergey Shipov provided commentary for the Russian Crestbook website.

After the only rest day, GM Sergey Shipov was back commentating live on Rd 6 of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund. Le Quang Liem had the white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik, and the Vietnamese player unleashed a powerful novelty.

GM Sergey Shipov is providing live commentary at Crestbook on the games from this year’s Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund. In the second round Ruslan Ponomariov had the white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik.

GM Sergey Shipov is providing live commentary on the games at this year’s Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund. In the first round Vladimir Kramnik played the rising star of Vietnamese chess, Le Quang Liem.